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Bronx Sports Report: Walton Softball Steps Up Its Game
The Walton High School Campus girls softball team dominated its B Division opponents last year. This year, after a jump up to the A Division, the Wildcats are working overtime to keep up with the higher level of competition.
Diverse Crew Steps In To Support Bronx Toy Drive and Church
With help from an eclectic group of local supporters that includes painters, students, a bike gang and Gothic tattoo artists, the Lutheran Church of the Epiphany in Norwood is bringing the holiday spirit to families in need despite its own financial burdens.
Neighborhood Notes: Travel Updates, Business Seminar, Naloxone Training to Prevent Overdoses & More!
Neighborhood Notes: Food Symposium, Business Seminar, Naloxone Training to Prevent Overdoses & More!
UPDATE Kingsbridge Heights: Fire Breaks Out at Kingsbridge Armory Due to Burning Cables
A fire broke out in the historic Kingsbridge Armory on West Kingsbridge Road and Jerome Avenue in Kingsbridge Heights on Saturday afternoon, April 20, but appears to have been brought under control.
Former BP Diaz Jr. & Hip Hop Legend Fat Joe Discuss Uplifting The Bronx at Lehman College Event
Friends, former Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Hip Hop legend Fat Joe, gathered at Lehman College on March 26 to discuss their respective professional lives, as well as their upbringings and their ongoing commitment to improving The Bronx. The annual event at Lehman, ordinarily held in the form of a lecture, was, this year, called, "Hip Hop with a Heart: The Civic Mind of The Bronx." The lecture series itself dates back to 1970.
UPDATE City Council: Commercial Property Owners Not Being Summonsed for Leasing to Unlicensed Smoke Shops
A 2023 City law which prohibits owners of commercial premises from knowingly leasing such commercial premises to, or otherwise allowing the use of such premises by, unlicensed smoke shops went into effect last July but is not being actively implemented, according to the city council.
UPDATE Police Commissioner Determines “No Crime” by Officers Involved in Shooting of Kawaski Trawick
Police Commissioner Edward A. Caban has determined that the two NYPD officers involved in the fatal shooting of Kawaski Trawick on April 14, 2019, inside his supportive housing apartment located at at 1616 Grand Avenue in the Morris Heights section of The Bronx, acted within the law in relation to their actions leading up to what was described by police as "the 32-year-old man’s tragic death."
Bronx BP Hosts Annual Iftar Dinner Dialogue
Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson joined the Bronx Muslim community on Thursday, March 14, in the Rotunda of Bronx Borough Hall for her annual Bronx Iftar Dinner Dialogue to mark the holy month of Ramadan, a time for fasting, prayer, and acts of kindness, which this year started on March 12 and concludes on April 9.
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